Couch or davenport bed.



H. & N. M. FREEDMAN. GOUGH 0R DAVENPORT BED. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 19,1912. RENEWED AUG. 1, 1914 1,131,358, Patented M2119, 1915.

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COUCH 0R DAVENPORT BED.

Application filed June 19, 1912, Serial No.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, HYMAN FREEDMAN and NATHAN M. FREEDMAN, citizens ofthe United States, and residents of QlllCitgO, county of Cook, and Stateof Illinois, have invented a new and useful Couch or Davenport Bed, ofwhich the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to folding couches or davenport beds, in which.the seat of the couch may be reversed, so as to render available for abed, springs which are provided in the reverse side of the seatstructure, and has particular reference to the provision of a simple,economical and efficient means for mounting the seat structure in thecouch so that it may be easily reversed, and so that the seat may beentirely removed from and again reassembled with the couch, w thout theuse of tools, when that may be desirable or necessary.

lVe attain the above objects by means of the structures illustrated inthe accompanying drawing, in which- D Figure 1 is a front elevat on of afolding couch or davenport bed; Fig. 2 is an end elevation showing thespring provided in the reverse side of the seat extended to form a bed;Fig. 3 is a fragmental plan of one end of the structure in the positlonshown in Fig. 2; Fig. 4: is a transverse section in which the seat isrepresented in dotted lines in an intermediate position and our newmeans for mounting the seat are represented in full lines; Fig. 5 showsthe posltlon our mounting means assumes when the seat 1s in normalposition for using the furniture as a couch or davenport; Fig. 6 is aperspective of the bracket for rece1v1ng the pintle with the stops forholding the seat in normal or reversed position; F1g. 7 1s a perspectiveof the bracket carrylng the pintle and arm for assembling 1t wlth thepintle receiving bracket and causing the pintle to shift to provide roomfor the back of the seat to clear the back of the couch during thereversing of the seat; and Fig. 8 is a fragmental detail showing meansfor locking the seat in normal closed position.

Similar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout theseveral views.

The reference character 1 designates the back of a couch or davenporthaving the ends or arms 2. These parts are provided with the usualupholstering 3.

The seat, 4:, comprises a rectangular Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 9, 1915.

704,493. Renewed August 1, 1914. Serial No. 854,542.

framework, which is proportioned to fit be tween the ends or arms 2, andadjacent to the back 1. One broad side and the portion of a narrow sideadjacent thereto are upholstered at 5 and 6 to form respectively the topand front of the seat for the couch or davenport.

Suitable bed springs, 7, (clearly shown in Fig. 3) are mounted in thebroad side of the seat structure 4, opposite to the top 5. Thesesprings, as clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 3, may be arranged in two ormore leaves, 8 and 9, which may be folded, and will, when so folded, liewithin the seat structure, and

a wide bed. springs are which when unfolded will form In Fig. 2 theleaves of the bed shown in unfolded position, and there is shown apivoted leg, 10, with a sliding catch and brace, 11, to hold the leg inopen operative position, but which will permit of the folding of the legso that it will be accommodated in the seat structure.

Our present invention relates particularly to the means for mounting theseat structure with relation to the back and arms so that the seat maybe rotated to bringeither the seat or springs uppermost and these meansare as follows :A headed pintle or pivot pin, 12, is provided in asuitable plate, 13, having screw holes, 14, therein through which bymeans of screws it may be secured in position. To form a bearing for thepintle 12, there is provided the pintle receiving bracket, comprising araised central portion, 15, and the rearwardly positioned end portions,16, which are provided with screw holes, 17, for securing the bracket inposition. The raised central portion 15 of the receiving bracket isprovided with a longitudinally extending slot 18 sufficiently wide toreceive the pintle back of its head. The slot 18 is continued at one endto the bend from the central raised portion to the rearwardly positionedend portion where it is enlarged at 19 sufficiently to admit the head ofthe pintle. Some play in the pintle bearing is necessary, as thereotangular seat structure in closed or normal position fits closeagainst the back, and in order to turn it over the pintle must becapable of moving forward so that the corners may clear.

It is clear from what has already been said that when the pintle andpintle receiving bracket have been secured to the ends or arms and theseat structure, the seat structure may be assembled with or removed fromthe back and arms by bringing the seat so that the pintle head enters ormay be withdrawn from the enlarged portion 19 of the slot 18.

By reference to Fig. 6 will be seen a strap, 20, secured by rivets, 21,across the rearwardly positioned end portion, 16, of the pintlereceiving bracket. The ends, 22, of this strap, 20, are turned at rightangles to provide stops, the upper one of which in conjunction withaprojecting rail, 23,upon the end of the seat structure will locate theseat when in closed or normal position, as shown in Fig. 5. When theseat structure is rotated to bring the bed springs uppermost, the lowerturned end, 22, will engage the same rail, 23, to locate and hold theseat structure in proper position for a bed.

It will be seen by reference to Fig. 5, that while the upper stop 22,will locate the seat in closed position the back of the seat might stillbe tilted up if some one sat upon the front edge. To hold it down, weprovide the bracket, 2 which extends backwardly from the upper edge ofthe seat structure. In this bracket is pivoted the vertical latch, 25,the upper end of which will engage the lower edge of the back when theseat is in normal. position because of the tension of a spring, 26,extending from the lower end of said latch to the seat structure. A loop27 is secured to the upper end of the latch, 25, by means of which thelatch may be disengaged from the lower edge'of the back and the seatstructure turned over.

In describing the pintle and pintle receiving bracket construction itwas eX- plained that some forward movement of the pintle in the pintlereceiving bracket was necessary in order to permit the corners of theseat structure to clear the back when reversing the seat. I11 order toaccomplish this movement mechanically and return the seat structureclosely adjacent to the back in closed and fully open position, and atthe same time secure the pintle in the slot 18, of the pintle receivingbracket, we have provided the arm, 28, which is pivoted by means of thepin, 29, to the pintle plate 13. In the free end of the arm, 28, is alaterally opening slot, 30, which accommodates a pin, 31, upon the rearrearwardly positioned end portion, 16, of the pintle receiving bracket.The pintle receiving bracket is disposed horizontally and the pintleplate, 13, vertically, as shown in Fig. 5.

It will now be seen, especially by reference to Figs. I and 5, that whenthe rear edge of seat structure is pulled upwardly, the arm 28 willcause the pintle, 12, to move forward in the slot, 18, and that ineither fully closed or open position the said arm will return the seatstructure closely adjacent the back.

Having described our invention what we claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent is 1. In a couch or davenport bed comprising a backand ends, and a seat movable with relation to said back and ends, meansfor assembling said seat with said back and ends comprising a brackethaving a horizontally disposed slot therein, a pintle plate, a pintlecarried thereby adapted to engage said slot, an arm extending from saidbracket to a point in said pintle plate eccentrically and in verticalalinement with said pintle.

2. In a couch or davenport bed comprising a back and ends, and a seatmovable with relation to said back and ends, means for assembling saidseat with said back and ends comprising a bracket having a horizontallydisposed slot therein, with an enlarged portion for the introduction ofthe head of the pintle, a pintle plate, a headed pintle carried therebyadapted to engage said slot, and an arm extending from said bracket to apoint in said pintle plate eccentrically and in vertical alinement withsaid pintle.

3. In a couch or davenport bed comprising a back and ends, and a seatmovable with relation to said back and ends, means for assembling saidseat with said back and ends comprising a bracket having a horizontallydisposed. slot therein, with an enlarged angularly disposed portion atone end for the introduction of the head of the pintle, a pintle plate,a headed pintle carried thereby adapted to engage said slot and an armextending from said bracket to said pintle plate eccentrically with saidpintle.

4. In a couch or davenport bed comprising a back and ends, and a seatmovable with relation to said back and ends, means for pivoting saidseat between said ends, stops and a plate located upon said seat andends respectively to the rear of said pivoting means for locating saidseat in open and closed positions, and a pivoted latch upon the rearedge of said seat adapted to engage said back in closed position.

In testimony whereof we ailiX our signatures in the presence of twowitnesses.

HYMAN FREEDMAN.

NATHAN M. FREEDMAN. Witnesses G. IV. I-IILTABRAND, BENJ. '1.lloonrroosn.

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